The Hiking Blog

Over the past several summers, Bailey and Brian and I have been exploring landslides that scour the mountainsides across the High Peaks. Many of our objectives come from the book “The Adirondack Slide Guide: An Aerial View of the High Peaks Region” by Drew Haas, which contains images of most of the major slides and their bestowed names.

Throughout the years, we’ve climbed over 100 slides, including some formed after the book was published in 2006. Of course, some slides are more enjoyable than others due to their grip, dryness, accessibility, and views. Slides such as the Lake Placid Slide on Whiteface, the Autobahn on Santanoni, and the Eagle Slide on Giant are all notable and frequented slides to name a few good ones.

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If you don’t like the weather in the north country, just wait 20 minutes.

Recently I went for a walk on Dewey Mountain. A few years back, I wrote about skiing at Dewey, my local right here in Saranac Lake — OK, it’s just outside the village, technically in Harrietstown. But let’s not quibble over details.

After knocking back an espresso at Origin Coffee, I drove over to Dewey. Three months post knee replacement, running is off the table and it ain’t coming back. It’s too hard on the prosthesis, and my surgeon bluntly told me, if you come back in, like, 8 years, and the prosthesis is messed up from running, I’ll probably decline to do another surgery.

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